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The Massachusetts man accused of brutally murdering two doctors in 2017 was lurking in front of the South Boston condominium complex where the couple lived before the killings, prosecutors said Thursday. In their opening statement, prosecutors said video evidence will show that Bampumim Teixeira, 33, of Chelsea, was “looking, waiting, lurking out front” of the building on the day 49-year-old...

A security guard who was working at a Boston store has been indicted on charges that he choked and punched an 11-year-old shoplifter last summer. Mohammad Khan, 36, of Cambridge, is charged with assault and battery on a child under 14 and a civil rights violation. His employer, Securitas Security Services USA Inc. of New Jersey, was also indicted on...

Jury selection for the trial of a man accused of murdering two doctors in their South Boston luxury condo began Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court. Bampumim Teixeira, 33, of Chelsea, pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in connection to the May 5, 2017, homicides of 49-year-old Richard Field and 38-year-old Lina Bolanos.

The vaping industry has dropped its federal lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’ temporary ban on the sale of vaping products while a separate suit advances in state court. The Vapor Technology Association filed notice late Wednesday dismissing its lawsuit in Boston federal court. The D.C.-based group is still challenging Massachusetts’ ban in state court.

A Massachusetts judge says the state’s ban on the sale of vaping products can’t be enforced on medical marijuana products. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins ruled Tuesday that marijuana card holders seeking to purchase marijuana vaping products should be exempt from the four-month ban.

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A former Boston youth baseball couch who was accused of raping a child but deported in 2014 has been brought back to Massachusetts to stand trial, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Jose Ortega, 48, is charged with rape of a child under 16 and battery of a child under 14. He was originally indicted in 2014 and released on bail.

They came bearing oversized images of the sons and daughters they lost to drug overdoses and signs demanding justice from the pharmaceutical company they hold most responsible. The parents and their supporters rallied outside a Boston courthouse Friday as a judge heard arguments in Massachusetts’ lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, over its role in the national opioid...

A former MBTA police officer who allegedly beat a homeless man and two sergeants accused of helping him cover it up faced a judge in Boston Tuesday.

A former MBTA transit police officer accused of beating a homeless man and two supervisors accused of helping him cover up the incident were arraigned Tuesday in Boston’s Suffolk Superior Court. Dorston Bartlett, 65, of Lynn, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and violating a person’s civil rights for allegedly hitting a 32-year-old homeless man with...

A Massachusetts man has been indicted for the alleged sexual assault of a child, enticing another to create child pornography for him, and sharing graphic images of minors through a smartphone app, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins. A Suffolk County grand jury returned indictments Tuesday charging Domenic D’Amore, 29, of East Boston, with three counts of indecent...

The family of a woman who was struck and killed by a dislodged, 200-pound manhole cover while driving on Interstate 93 in 2016 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the state of Massachusetts. The Boston Globe reports that the family of Caitlin Clavette filed the lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court earlier this week. The suit names the Massachusetts Department...

Police are investigating a shooting Saturday afternoon in Roxbury where a man was shot and killed.

Newly-sworn-in Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins was elected this past fall, in part on a promise to shake up business as usual. Now, she is looking to channel some of that reform into the immigration system. Rollins says she will investigate Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s arrest of an undocumented immigrant at a Boston courthouse earlier this month.

A former Massachusetts state employee has been indicted amid allegations of overtime abuse, Attorney General Maura Healey announced Monday. Katelynn Sullivan, 33, of Lowell, has been indicted by a Suffolk County Special Grand Jury on larceny over $250 and false claims.

The suspect charged with beating a sleeping homeless man to death at a Charlestown, Massachusetts park is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. Clifton Moore, 30, was charged with first-degree murder in the Sept. 6 attack that killed 34-year-old Joshua Rivera. Rivera suffered numerous blunt force injuries to his head as he was sleeping on a bench at Ryan Playground, according...

An updated complaint in Massachusetts’ lawsuit against Purdue Pharma claims members of the family that owns the OxyContin maker are personally responsible for fueling abuse of the deadly painkiller.

An updated complaint in Massachusetts’ lawsuit against Purdue Pharma claims members of the family that owns the OxyContin maker are personally responsible for fueling abuse of the deadly painkiller.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is suing a Shrewsbury man for allegedly operating an unlicensed pet shop in his home from which he sold fatally ill bulldog puppies to unsuspecting buyers. The attorney general’s office says many of the bulldogs he sold to families suffered from serious diseases or in some cases died within hours of being purchased.

Comcast has been ordered to pay $700,000 as part of a settlement with the state of Massachusetts. Attorney General Maura Healey’s office accused the company of deceptive advertising involving the prices and terms of long-term contracts.